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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Miami, FL

July 9, 2009Broward County, Collier County, Hendry County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2009, 7:59 PM EDT for Broward County, Collier County, Hendry County, Florida. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2009, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2009, 8:16 PM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Broward County, FL, Collier County, FL, Hendry County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2009-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1583 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2009-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KMFL 092359
SVRMFL
FLC011-021-051-100100-
/O.NEW.KMFL.SV.W.0113.090709T2359Z-090710T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
759 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  SOUTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
  EAST CENTRAL COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 758 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  SOUTH OF BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVATION...AND MOVING NORTH
  AT 10 MPH.

* THE STORM WILL AFFECT...
  BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE INDIAN RESERVATION...
  AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN
ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT
305.229.4528 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 2633 8097 2629 8081 2618 8087 2618 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 199DEG 7KT 2622 8093

$$

TINGLER
1 follow-up statement
354 
WWUS52 KMFL 100016
SVSMFL

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
816 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2009

FLC011-021-051-100026-
/O.CAN.KMFL.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-090710T0100Z/
HENDRY FL-COLLIER FL-BROWARD FL-
816 PM EDT THU JUL 9 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BROWARD...EAST
CENTRAL COLLIER AND SOUTHEASTERN HENDRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM HAS
WEAKENED. THUS THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO
45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

LAT...LON 2633 8097 2629 8081 2618 8087 2618 8101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 199DEG 7KT 2625 8092

$$

TINGLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLPalm Beach28 min
Jul 9, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLOkeechobee43 min
Jul 9, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL86 min
Jul 9, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLGlades23 min
Jul 9, 2:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMFLGlades99 min
Jul 9, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL36 min
Jul 9, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin15 min
Jul 9, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward22 min
Jul 9, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMartin48 min
Jul 9, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL67 min
Jul 9, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMonroe37 min
Jul 9, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach44 min
Jul 9, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward37 min
Jul 9, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward41 min
Jul 9, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward21 min
Jul 9, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL92 min
Jul 9, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLBroward23 min
Jul 9, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLBroward, Palm Beach60 min
Jul 9, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL116 min
Jul 9, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLMiami-Dade36 min
Jul 9, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMFLPalm Beach52 min
Jul 9, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMFL91 min
Jul 9, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLHendry23 min
Jul 9, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMFLCollier27 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.